Lorraine: Good morning all,
Nice easy stroll this week with nothing too taxing.
Favourites this week, 3dn 27ac.
Big thank you to Everyman.
| Across | |||
| 1. | Food I fed to soldiers, a Chinese dish (4,4) | ||
| CHOW MEIN | CHOW+(I in MEN) | ||
| 5. | Ancient city, she bet, is in ruins (6) | ||
| THEBES | (SHE BET)* | ||
| 9. | Beast making social worker run away (8) | ||
| ANTELOPE | ANT+ELOPE | ||
| 10. | Take to task, one way or the other (4,2) | ||
| PULL UP | pun on the palindrome | ||
| 12. | Pay for another nurse (5) | ||
| TREAT | dd | ||
| 13. | Following lift, he will complain vociferously (5,4) | ||
| RAISE HELL | HE’LL after RAISE | ||
| 14. | Thought of French emancipation (12) | ||
| DELIBERATION | DE+LIBERATION | ||
| 18. | At which prices are gradually lowered for lots in Amsterdam? (5,7) | ||
| DUTCH AUCTION | sort of cd | ||
| 21. | Character cutting, a cheat (9) | ||
| CARDSHARP | CARD+SHARP | ||
| 23. | Boredom shown by nun, I suspect, after end of service (5) | ||
| ENNUI | (NUN, I*)+(servic)E | ||
| 24. | Endeavour to secure one pound for a hat (6) | ||
| TRILBY | (I LB) in TRY | ||
| 25. | Whistle along, then be quiet (4,4) | ||
| PIPE DOWN | PIPE+DOWN(along, as in ‘along/down the road’) | ||
| 26. | Followed, stubbornly determined (6) | ||
| DOGGED | dd | ||
| 27. | Miniature hourglass, for example – good orders brought back (3,5) | ||
| EGG TIMER | EG+G+(REMIT<) | ||
| Down | |||
| 1. | Talkative, spiteful about husband (6) | ||
| CHATTY | CATTY around H | ||
| 2. | Unfashionable group’s origin (6) | ||
| OUTSET | OUT+SET | ||
| 3. | Kids lose them, helmet and kit, carelessly (4,5) | ||
| MILK TEETH | (HELMET+KIT)* | ||
| 4. | Especially popular individual (2,10) | ||
| IN PARTICULAR | IN+PARTICULAR | ||
| 6. | Building hospital overlooking river in York (5) | ||
| HOUSE | H+OUSE | ||
| 7. | Regular newsletter round home (8) | ||
| BULLETIN | BULLET+IN | ||
| 8. | Shortly to provide worker to take another’s place (8) | ||
| SUPPLANT | SUPPL(y)+ANT | ||
| 11. | Avoiding an issue that is dividing small Essex town (12) | ||
| SIDESTEPPING | (ID EST[that is]) in (S EPPING) | ||
| 15. | One male in a shelter needed to make amends (9) | ||
| ATONEMENT | (ONE M) in (A TENT) | ||
| 16. | Informed cadet, due abroad (8) | ||
| EDUCATED | (CADET DUE)* | ||
| 17. | Southern sailor has fish for bird (8) | ||
| STARLING | (S TAR)+LING | ||
| 19. | Popular figure playing well (2,4) | ||
| IN FORM | IN+FORM | ||
| 20. | Conqueror William’s initial secret (6) | ||
| WINNER | W+INNER | ||
| 22. | Transaction involving black fur (5) | ||
| SABLE | B in SALE | ||
| … | |||
Thanks Lorraine; as you said, nice easy stroll.
In 27, shouldn’t ‘orders brought back’ suggest REMITs, rather than REMIT?
I, too, liked MILK TEETH.
27 remit = orders
20D. Why does “secret” give “inner” ?
Well, ‘secret’ can mean ‘hidden’ and ‘inner’ can mean ‘further-in’ which also could mean ‘hidden’.
Think of groups of dodgy politicians – the ‘inner-circle’ of these decide things secretly.
Nick
Or think of one’s intimate circle and snigger childishly. Not that I have, you understand.
Thanks Lorraine, and Everyman for an exceedlingly pleasant diversion this AM.
Thank you, Lorraine and Everyman! I, too, found this an enjoyable puzzle with nothing too difficult. Last to go in for me was 11 Down. I knew that I probably would not be familiar with the Essex town (we have an Essex County here in New Jersey, but I felt pretty certain the clue was not referring to our Essex!) so I waited until I had all the help from crossing letters, and then it was easy to get from the straight definition, plus I’ve learned the name of yet another English town! I’d never heard of a “Dutch auction” at 18 Across, but again figured out the answer from the crossing letters. I especially enjoyed clues 1 Across and 20 Down. Wishing you all a wonderful week and “see” you here next Sunday!
Another enjoyable Sunday morning outing with Everyman. There are some lovely surface readings here, particularly in the clues for STARLING and CHATTY.
Thanks to Lorraine for the blog.